Yearly Archives: 1999

ATIS/CTIA TESTING SHOWS NO Y2K BUGS

WASHINGTON-The Alliance for Telecommunications Solutions submitted a report last week to the Federal Communications Commission indicating no Year 2000-related problems were discovered in recent...

PEOPLE

IntellicellIntellicell Corp. announced Mike Hedge and Michael King, both previously with CellStar Corp., are heading up Intellicell's sales and marketing group. Hedge will be...

PARENTS TO DIVIDE PRIMECO

PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., which stunned the wireless world with the largest simultaneous launch of a personal communications services network in November 1996, is...

FIRM TARGETS NICHE CREATED BY EMERGING, CHANGING TELECOM PLAYERS

NEW YORK-PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P., well known as a major accounting firm, has a new investment banking division that seeks to fill a niche in financing...

PRODUCTS

Advanced Fox WirelessAdvanced Fox Wireless introduced the OEM Style Mini Twin Charger for Nokia Corp. 5100 Series and Nextel Communications Inc. i1000 handsets. The...

QUALCOMM STOCK SPLITS 2 FOR 1

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. declared a two-for-one stock split of the company's common stock in the form of a 100-percent stock dividend. The stock...

ERICSSON SAYS QUALCOMM COST

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it paid less than $120.8 million net for Qualcomm Inc.'s Code Division Multiple Access wireless infrastructure operations in a deal settled...

CONGRESSMAN QUESTIONS FCC’S CONCERN ON CALEA COSTS

WASHINGTON-House Commerce appropriations subcommittee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) last week sternly questioned the Federal Communications Commission's consideration of cost as a factor in arbitrating...

WTB SUSPENDS SMR BUILDOUT TIMETABLE

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau temporarily has suspended the construction timetable for incumbent wide-area 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licensees.The decision was in reaction...

CDMA SUPPORTERS TEST SNAPTRACK

TAMPA, Fla.-A group of Code Division Multiple Access carriers, handset vendors and technology providers completed a trial of SnapTrack's handset-based location system on two...

COLOCATION PRODUCT DESIGNED TO MAKE COLLOCATION EASIER

With tower companies and carriers facing difficulties getting permission to build sites at local zoning boards and collocation increasingly becoming a favored business model,...

SPRINT TO AWARD 3RD PHASE SYSTEM CONTRACTS

Sprint PCS is expected to announce its next round of contract awards this week for the third phase of its personal communications services network...

SPRINT PCS TO OFFER NEW MOTOROLA PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced it is offering nationwide Motorola's Code Division Multiple Access 1900 MHz ST7762 StarTac phone.The ST7762 offers up to four...

LEHMAN BROTHERS REPORT SHOWS NO SURE LINK BETWEEN RF AND BRAIN CANCER

NEW YORK-No proven link yet exists for any human health effect resulting from wireless phone use, according to a review of available scientific data...

TELECORP LAUNCHES EASTERN MARKETS

NASHUA, N.H.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless services in Concord, Manchester and Nashua, N.H., and Worcester and Auburn, Mass. Launches in Cape...

VIEWPOINT: LEMMINGS

I have really tried to keep myself and my thoughts above the fray when it comes to the whole Y2K issue. It is difficult.At...

FCC TO ANNOUNCE LMDS BIDDERS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission was expected late Friday or today to announce eligible bidders for the April 27 local multi-distribution point service re-auction.After initially...

CTIA RECIPE FOR LESS REGULATION: CREATIVE REPETITION

WASHINGTON-Policy makers this week will receive the last of nine bean-bag wireless phone toys designed to remind them "Competition, innovation and safety symbolizes the...

ANTITRUST PANEL REVIEWS MERGER ‘SHOT CLOCK’ BILL

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission needs a "shot clock" when reviewing mergers, said Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)Kohl, who owns NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, has sponsored a...

GLOBAL PLAYERS’ EXPANDING PORTFOLIOS DRIVE MERGERS

NEW YORK-On the strength of three large mergers, communications led domestic industry sectors in merger activity last quarter, a period in which the dollar...

HOUSE DEMOCRATS QUESTION MIR TECHNOLOGY LICENSES

WASHINGTON-Two high-ranking House Science Committee Democrats have asked Energy Secretary Bill Richardson to investigate allegations of misconduct by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in...

MMDS NEXT FRONTIER FOR LAST-MILE ACCESS

Wireless broadband service has finally received attention from the likes of big telecom players Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. The race is on...

TELEFONICA GROUP TO MAKE PLAY FOR MOROCCO LICENSE

MADRID, Spain-The consortium led by Telefonica InterContinental received notification it has prequalified to take part in the bidding for a second Global System for...

MESSAGELINK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PAGING CONSOLIDATION

Don Buzzelli, president and chief executive officer of MessageLink Inc., Duluth, Ga., is looking to make a play in the paging industry's current consolidation...

WESTERN ISSUES SPINOFF STATEMENT FOR VOICESTREAM

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. announced it has mailed to shareholders a Schedule 14C information statement related to the spinoff of its 80.1-percent ownership of...
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